Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law this week to address California’s affordable housing shortage and high rate of homelessness.
One bill aims to make it easier for people experiencing homelessness to stay in hotels and motels. That model for temporary shelter grew in popularity during the pandemic.
California in particular tested it at a large scale with Project Roomkey, which an independent report found was mostly a success.
The bill expands the definition of hotels and motels to include more temporary lodging options. It also extends rules that make it harder for those businesses to move unhoused guests from room to room or create rules just for unhoused residents.
The governor signed another bill which would extend incentives for building casitas or granny flats to even smaller living spaces.
Junior Accessory Dwelling Units clock in at under 500 square feet, and property owners will now also be able to build them without conducting an environmental impact report.
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